We Run It

Intro

Build

Solo

Instrumental

Verse 1

Twin towers in my sneakers when I lace them tight

Roof come off the building when I step outside

You was chasing handouts I was chasing daylight

Now I'm counting numbers while you counting your excuses

Cross the bridge at midnight when the river runs deep

Every shadow tells the story every corner keeps

I ain't begging for a chapter I just turn the leaf

Royalty in my bloodline flowing underneath

Pre-Chorus

And they want a piece

But the whole thing's mine

Watch the tempo flex

One more time

Chorus

Kings in the building let the horn section rise

Sax blowing through the night skies

We don't take a seat we take the whole damn room

Big beat boom under my nine-inch sole

Post-Chorus

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Yeah we run it

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Yeah we run it

Verse 2

Spoken word like scripture when I'm on the mic

Tenor sax whispering then it takes a bite

Urban gospel for the kids on the estate

Every bar a brick so we build our fate

You can keep the noise I collect the silence

Turn a minor key into a giant's statement

Duet with the street and the sound replies

Echo of the city underneath my eyes

Pre-Chorus

And they want a piece

But the whole thing's mine

Watch the tempo flex

One more time

Chorus

Kings in the building let the horn section rise

Sax blowing through the night skies

We don't take a seat we take the whole damn room

Big beat boom under my nine-inch sole

Breakdown

Call and response from the back of the hall

(Yeah we heard you)

One voice become a hundred that's the drum we call

(Yeah we heard you)

Bridge

Grime in my motion drill in my tone

Poetic on the pavement never walking alone

Backing vocals rising like the morning train

Talking all that thunder then I bring the rain

Chorus

Kings in the building let the horn section rise

Sax blowing through the night skies

We don't take a seat we take the whole damn room

Big beat boom under my nine-inch sole

Post-Chorus

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Yeah we run it

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Yeah we run it

Chorus

Kings in the building let the horn section rise

Sax blowing through the night skies

We don't take a seat we take the whole damn room

Big beat boom under my nine-inch sole

Outro

Yeah

Nine-inch sole